# Unmapped field in document not appearing in filter drop down

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unmapped-field-in-document-not-appearing-in-filter-drop-down/295128>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 23, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unmapped-field-in-document-not-appearing-in-filter-drop-down/295128 "2022-01-23T03:41:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tech\_solution](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tech\_solution](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tech_solution)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unmapped-field-in-document-not-appearing-in-filter-drop-down/295128/1 "2022-01-23T03:41:43Z")

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Hi,

I am new to Kibana dashboard . The issue I came across is that I want to create a dashboard for an unmapped field while that field is not mapped in index ( it doesn't appear in drop down for filters or in the fields for dashboard) but it is available in logged document appear on searching for that specific string "power-source: solar" ( where power source can have 4 different values i.e solar, wind etc but one value in a single document)  
Can anyone please recommend how can I create dashboard for an unmapped field ?

Json Data format for doc is as follows:

```auto
{
"highlights": {
"message": [
"Body:
{
"Power-source": "solar"
}"

]
}
}

```

From above message only field mapped is:

field: message

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**Author:** ![Tomo\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unmapped-field-in-document-not-appearing-in-filter-drop-down/295128/2 "2022-01-23T07:25:29Z")

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Hi,

What is unmapped field? Are you talking about `enabled` or `index` [mapping parameters](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-params.html) or data that does not exist in the elaticsearch document?

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**Author:** ![Tech\_solution](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tech\_solution](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tech_solution)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unmapped-field-in-document-not-appearing-in-filter-drop-down/295128/3 "2022-01-23T09:34:28Z")

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Hi Tom thanks for your response unmapped fields are the ones which do not appear in filters or dashboards as they are not indexed although they exist in data . In above case I believe any data inside the body is treated as text .

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**Author:** ![Tomo\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unmapped-field-in-document-not-appearing-in-filter-drop-down/295128/4 "2022-01-23T10:23:44Z")

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I think the data are indexed as far as they are existing in Elasticsearch cluster if you didn't use any parameters I said. One possibility is that the field type of not-appearing field is different from the types of the fields which appear in Dashboard. You can check the index mapping by stock management \> index management.

If you don't understand what I said, Please see these.

> **[Field data types | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.16\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-types.html)**

> **[Index management | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.16\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.16/index-mgmt.html)**

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**Author:** ![Tech\_solution](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tech\_solution](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tech_solution)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unmapped-field-in-document-not-appearing-in-filter-drop-down/295128/5 "2022-01-23T23:08:58Z")

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Hi Tom,  
Thanks for sharing links.  
Yes outer field is indexed but nested data I believe is treated as text that seems to  
require runtime field creation.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unmapped-field-in-document-not-appearing-in-filter-drop-down/295128/6 "2022-02-20T23:09:58Z")

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